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Largest fire in Kansas history continues to burn, scorches thousands of acres

Kansas just set a new record it never wanted to break

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Updated: 4:13 PM CST Mar 8, 2017

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Largest fire in Kansas history continues to burn, scorches thousands of acres

Kansas just set a new record it never wanted to break

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Updated: 4:13 PM CST Mar 8, 2017

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

Kansas just set a new record it never wanted to break.

502,000 acres have burned in Clark County and Comanche County, making it the biggest single fire in state history, according to the Kansas National Guard. That surpasses the 312,427 acres that burned in Barber and Comanche Counties in 2016.